The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine warmly welcomes this week’s publication of the Sláintecare Report. This report, of the Oireachtas...
IAEM welcomes the report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare
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Health Service Trolley dysfunctionality is spreading to other sectors!
Last week’s news that homeless families were being directed to Garda Stations to be “accommodated” is yet another disappointing marker of the Irish...
Groundhog Day again for patients languishing on trolleys
Many will be familiar with the film Groundhog Day which describes an arrogant weatherman assigned to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in rural...
Press Release No end in sight to ED Crowding
Although Emergency Department (ED) crowding with admitted inpatients (trolley patients) has been with us for well over a decade, January 2017 has...
IAEM welcomes publication of Major Trauma Audit National Report 2014 – 2015
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has long advocated for significant improvements to be made to the way that major trauma care is...
IAEM Press Release noting yet more dysfunctional HSE responses to worsening ED crowding
It has long been established that Ireland is seriously short of acute hospital beds. Equally, too many of these beds are occupied by patients who...